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Obama to allocate additional $300m to fighting HIV among African women
Source: Reuters
Obama to allocate additional $300m to fighting HIV among African women
Reuters
Saturday 26 September 2015 16.07 BST
The Obama administration said on Saturday it was allotting an additional $300m to the effort to reduce HIV infection among girls and young women in 10 sub-Saharan African countries.
The sum would help the main US programme for fighting Aids in Africa to meet goals including providing antiretroviral treatment to 12.9 million people by the end of 2017, said Susan Rice, Barack Obama’s national security adviser.
“No greater action is needed right now than empowering adolescent girls and young women to defeat HIV/Aids. Every year, 380,000 adolescent girls and young women are infected with HIV,” Rice said in a statement.
The President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief, working with partner countries, now provides antiretroviral treatment for 7.7 million people worldwide, Rice said.
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Reuters
Saturday 26 September 2015 16.07 BST
The Obama administration said on Saturday it was allotting an additional $300m to the effort to reduce HIV infection among girls and young women in 10 sub-Saharan African countries.
The sum would help the main US programme for fighting Aids in Africa to meet goals including providing antiretroviral treatment to 12.9 million people by the end of 2017, said Susan Rice, Barack Obama’s national security adviser.
“No greater action is needed right now than empowering adolescent girls and young women to defeat HIV/Aids. Every year, 380,000 adolescent girls and young women are infected with HIV,” Rice said in a statement.
The President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief, working with partner countries, now provides antiretroviral treatment for 7.7 million people worldwide, Rice said.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/sep/26/obama-africa-hiv-aids-treatment-women
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